Hello evince,
I get it my bro
But
embracing lies over fact to be able to PRETEND you have not been proven wrong repeatedly is reason for publicly shaming people
they are allowed their own Opinion
They cant NOT have their OWN "facts"
There are always going to be those people. They have always existed and always will. The big change in our world has been the internet. Those people were very marginalized and unable to find an audience before the internet. But now they have a platform. Now they can voice ugly ideas and circulate them.
It is up to the good people to stand up for what is right. The internet is a huge test of our resolve to freedom of speech. If we support that concept, we must allow the hateful to share their ugly ideas. Our challenge is to rise above their level, not meet them at it. When they go low, we must go high.
Of course they will dispute facts. They kind of have to. If they agreed on the facts, then the appropriate policy is usually the liberal approach. No way the right wants to admit that, so instead of arguing correct policy, they challenge the basic facts which naturally lead directly to it.
That's why they, for instance, argue that voter fraud is a big problem. They want to create this artificial 'fact' in order to justify their policy of stringent voter restrictions. Which, of course, is the wrong policy for our nation with it's self-government that depends on the active and engaged participation of a well-informed populace. The right would rather keep people misinformed and turned off to politics, not engaged. They want the rich and powerful to rule. They don't want everybody voting. They want to suppress voter turn-out, keep active participation of a well-informed populace to a minimum. Making politics nasty, and running people off from discussions plays right into that.
You know who's style of posting I admire the most?
Oneuli. She reads all the worst vile stuff they post and then calmly goes exactly to whatever fact some right wing trash-mouth extremist has gotten wrong, simply points it out, and thus negates everything they've said. And she does it with elan. Completely sidesteps any pressure to become immersed in a flame war. It is as if she is impervious to insults. Very admirable. I'm glad she's here, glad she's doing that. I'm also glad I am different and simply won't give them the time of day. I just don't want their energy. It's too negative. I enjoy my peaceful and respectful style of posting. Very much. It's so nice. I feel like I am pampering myself, spoiled by only the highest quality of political discussion. And why not? I deserve it.
I paid my dues. I do know what I am missing. I had
no Ignore list for over a decade; until I just got curious what it would be like without all the trash talk. My PIP actually began as an experiment. I didn't tell anybody. I just did it. I decided ahead of time to do it for 3 weeks, because that's how long it takes to generally change a human habit. Well, of course, the rest is history. I found out how well it works and how much nicer it is to enjoy cerebral discussions without the sandbox fights. That was when I knew I would never go back to the old way. Any doubts vanished years ago. Long ago and far away on different chat site.
